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Music Kendrick Lamar Named Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year Kendrick Lamar dominated the charts in 2025, mostly from his album, "GNX," as well as his popular Drake diss, "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake December 09, 2025
Music A$AP Relli Explains Why He's Dropping His Assault Case Against A$AP Rocky Despite the move, A$AP Relli is still moving forward with his defamation against A$AP Rocky and his lawyer, Joe Tacopina. By Cole Blake November 12, 2025
Music Drake Loses $200K Betting On Jake Paul To Defeat Anthony Joshua Anthony Joshua knocked Jake Paul out six rounds into their boxing match, blocking Drake and other Paul supporters from a big payout. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 20, 2025
Music Digga D Responds To Central Cee's Disses From Behind Bars This may not be a super overt diss track, but Digga D certainly got Central Cee's message after a long history of feuding. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2024
Music Joseline Hernandez Says A$AP Rocky Called Her Rihanna’s “Evil Twin” A Paris run-in left Joseline Hernandez laughing after A$AP Rocky compared her to Rihanna and revealed the singer has love for her. By Erika Marie September 17, 2026
Music Diddy Faces Yet Another Prison Release Delay Over Alleged Jail Violations Diddy's legal team is reportedly questioning how people are obtaining and disseminating information from inside the prison facility. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 02, 2026
Sports The Knicks Owed Hip-Hop A Championship For 50 years, hip-hop treated the Knicks like a cultural constant. The championship finally returned the favor. By Aron A. June 18, 2026
Music Egon Hits Madlib With Federal Lawsuit As Friendship Crumbles Egon and Madlib's relationship has been taking a nosedive lately but things now seem to be irreparable with this new lawsuit. By Zachary Horvath November 13, 2025
Music Adin Ross Thinks Roc Nation Lawyers Got A "Very Big Bag" For His Deposition Adin Ross spoke with Roc Nation lawyers in Megan Thee Stallion's defamation case against Milagro Gramz, claiming Tory Lanez paid media off. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 14, 2025
Music Turk Sounds Off On Juvenile For Backing Out Of Collab Turk is still being alienated from the Hot Boys, with the former sharing a development about a collab that went totally awry. By Zachary Horvath January 15, 2026
Music Lil Yachty Clarifies His Role In The Unreleased Drake And Uzi Track "At The Gates" Yachty is denying any involvement. By Tallie Spencer February 26, 2026
Music Drake's "ICEMAN" Set To Keep Number One Spot In Second Week Drake's "ICEMAN" also led hip-hop to return to the top of the Billboard Global 200 songs chart for the first time since May of 2024. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 30, 2026